Tee Weed Control

We sprayed about 1 acres worth of Zoysia tees with a material that has turned them off color as illustrated in the pictures below. I've also attached a blog post from 2014 where we spot sprayed tees and you can see the off-color tinge in the back of the blue tee on #1. Since 2014, the weed that we are trying to control 'Kylinga' has spread to many of our tees. We are using a combination product which assists us with crabgrass control and will give us control on the Kylinga. We will have to spray the product again in 30 days or so to get any additional or new plants as they emerge. Other courses have had excellent success with this product. The yellowing will dissipate in about 7-10 days.

Blue tee on 1

Red Tee on 10

Below is the link to the blog in 2014 which illustrates the off color spot spray that we did.

http://geccgcm.blogspot.com/2014/05/weed-control.html

GECC Plant Sale May 13th

The annual Glen Echo CC Plant Sale will be Saturday May 13th from 9 to 11 at the maintenance building. Plants can be charged in the usual manner. Might not have every Plant Becky has grown from babies but she will have a nice supply for you to chose from!

 

Well Since Everyone Is Talking Weather, Stats for Feb/March/April

I've been so busy inside the building, I don't even recall seeing the stats below 

for February on the news. Mind blowing.. Wettest in April is not what we want to hear 

but also this trend on warmth is not good. Wet and hot can be deadly for old greens

with natural drainage only. I know some wondered about a 2nd aeration. Rainfall

and heat are the reasons why we pound our greens with aeration equipment and sand 

in the spring! 

February 

Temperature 

                 Observed            Avg     Diff    Last Yr

AVG. MAXIMUM     59.0              45.0    14.0     49.1
AVG. MINIMUM     36.4              27.6     8.8     31.2
MEAN             47.7              36.3    11.4     40.2

Rainfall         0.49              2.24   -1.75     0.80

Look at all the records for February!!! 

  WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD (47.7 DEGREES. PREVIOUS 44.6 DEGREES IN 1882)

MOST OCCURRENCES OF A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL
TO 70 DEGREES (9 DAYS. PREVIOUS 7 DAYS IN 1976).

MOST OCCURRENCES OF A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL
TO 60 DEGREES (15 DAYS. PREVIOUS 14 DAYS IN 1976).

TIED 4TH LEAST OCCURRENCES OF A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 32 DEGREES (11 DAYS).

MOST OCCURRENCES OF A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO
50 DEGREES (5 DAYS. PREVIOUS 4 DAYS IN 1938).

MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN OR
EQUAL TO 60 DEGREES WITHIN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY (9 DAYS ENDING ON 02/24).

9TH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD (0.94 INCHES).

TIED 14TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD (0.2 INCHES).
...DAILY...
2 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET (02/20 AND 02/11).
3 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET OR TIED (02/28, 02/21 AND 02/20).

March

Temperature

           
               Observed            Avg     Diff    Last Yr

AVG. MAXIMUM     59.5              55.9     3.6     62.5
AVG. MINIMUM     40.4              36.6     3.8     43.6
MEAN             49.9              46.3     3.6     53.0 

Rainfall 

TOTALS           4.24              3.32    0.92     2.29

Boring Record Month of March

...MONTHLY...
TIED FOR 17TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD ( 49.9 DEGREES)
...DAILY...
1 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET (03/01)
2 RECIRD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET ( 3/20 AND 03/21)

April

Temperature 

                Observed            Avg     Diff    Last Yr

AVG. MAXIMUM     72.7              67.4     5.3     70.3
AVG. MINIMUM     51.9              47.2     4.7     49.4
MEAN             62.3              57.3     5.0     59.9

Rainfall 

TOTALS          10.37              3.69    6.68     4.49

 ...MONTHLY...

8TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD (62.3 DEGREES).

2ND WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD (10.37 INCHES).


...DAILY...

1 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED (88 DEGREES ON 4/19. ALSO SET IN
2011).

2 RECORD RAINFALL VALUES SET (04/05...2.01 INCHES. PREVIOUS WAS
1.58 SET IN 1926. AND 04/29...3.15 INCHES. PREVIOUS WAS 2.29 SET IN
1911)